Note: There are two versions of this app.
One for newer Puppies with gtkdialog 0.7.21
and another one for older puppies.
Note that a couple of puppies (Saluki) can use either version!!
Pemasu's Exprimo
Scottman's Akita
mick01's Slacko

need the puppy-backup-1.4.pet to be installed.

To check what version of gtkdialog you have installed
type the following in the terminal

Code:

gtkdialog --version

I've taken Zigbert's pmirror and put in some new features
and added several warnings.

Warning!!! The mirror directory that you chose should be initially empty.

Read the help file carefully to understand what mirroring is.

Files are deleted in the mirror directory.

Version 1.4 - I've localized the app for people who want to
use this app in a foreign language

1) You can mirror a maximum of 5 folders(directories)
but you do it one at a time.

2) It is recommended that the mirror directories be
located on another hard drive in case you hard drive goes bad.

3) Limitations: It depends on the version of gtkdialog installed

4)Limitation: If pschedule is used for a scheduled backup, then if
the mirror folder is not available(ie partition not mounted)
then there is no warning message. But this is not a serious problem.
No harm is done to your computer.

5) Each source folder needs a separate mirror folder!!
and each backup needs to be done separately
(but read my discussion about the use of pschedule
a couple of posts down which describes automatic backup)

6) mirdir must be installed in your distribution,
however all versions of Puppy have this already installed.
It's a very small app ( only 19 kilobytes)
Available Here

I updated help to reflect my experience in
backing up a 8 GB USB stick that was nearly filled.

It took me nearly 10 minutes.

The next backup will take only seconds
because of the efficient way that mirroring behaves.

But remember that mirroring also deletes files in the mirror folder.

For example if I want more space in my USB stick
by deleting ISOs or music files then I should move these files out of
the mirror folder to their own folder. Then delete these files
on my USB stick ---> then run Puppy Backup.

The same files will be deleted in the mirror folder. That's why
I put them in their own folder for safe keeping.

Mirroring is efficient but dangerous if you don't understand the process.

I thought about the problem of using pschedule to schedule
your backup overnite. Now I know the proper way to use pschedule.

I've rewritten Puppy Backup to
version 1.6 to make the process easier.

Instructions to use pschedule:

1) Set up Puppy Backup so it is backing up your important folders.

2) Click on Log button

3)You will see command lines (plus the dates which aren't important)

4) Copy the command lines and paste them in pschedule
one by one. Each of the command lines should have a
time associated with it. See the image.

Your backup will now be done at this time each day.

One negative that I have found is that you won't get
a warning message if your mirror folder isn't available
(ie your partition isn't mounted) but that's not a disaster.
It just means that the backup isn't done that night.

This method will allow the user to back up his favorite folders overnite
on a regular basis.

It's quite simple and it just needs enough hard disk space
for the mirroring to be done completely and keep your
computer on overnite.

An external USB hard drive would be good for this purpose
and they're quite cheap now.

than the many others since it's rock solid and reliable.
It only took me 10 seconds to do my second backup of
a 8GB USB stick because only changed and new files were
copied.

Look in the forum and you'll see lots of problems
with scheduled backups. That's why I'm a believer in this app!!!

To backup up once a day, pschedule only requires two numbers to be set
the hour and the minute. Leave the rest blank except for
the command line of course. You copy that line out of Puppy Backup log
and paste in pschedule. ( Look at image above)

Do a test with folders in /root so that
are comfortable with using the apps.

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